Alert condition label "archived to escalating" is misleading, fires on any escalation

[Kobby-Bawuah]

Environment

SaaS (https://sentry.io/)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an issue alert with the condition "The issue changes state from archived to escalating"
2. Wait for a new issue to escalate via the escalation algorithm (issue was never archived)

Expected Result

The alert only fires when an issue transitions from archived to escalating, as the label states.

Actual Result

The alert fires on any escalation, including new issues that were never archived. The underlying condition (ReappearedEventCondition) checks state.has_escalated without verifying the issue was previously archived.

The new automations UI already labels this correctly as "An issue escalates," but the legacy alerts UI still says "The issue changes state from archived to escalating."

Product Area

Alerts

Link

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DSN

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Version

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[linear-code]

ENG-7004

[getsantry]

Auto-routing to @getsentry/product-owners-alerts for triage ⏲️